Lot 44. A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1730. Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 (€3,100 - 4,40). Photo: Bonhams.
Each painted in Kakiemon style with a phoenix in flight and oriental flowers, iron-red line borders to the rims, saucer: 12.8cm diam., AR in underglaze-blue to saucer, crossed swords mark in blue to teabowl, painter's mark in purple to saucer and mark in red to teabowl (minor surface wear) (2).
Provenance: Saucer:
With M. & G. Ségal, Basel, May 1989;
Max Hoffmann Collection, Basel, sold by Christie's London, 22 November 2005, lot 16;
Acquired in the above sale;
The Collection of Eveline Newgas
Teabowl:
Ernst Blumka (1886-1969), Vienna (to 1938) and London;
Thence by descent;
The Collection of Eveline Newgas
Bonhams. FINE EUROPEAN CERAMICS, 15 Jun 2016, 14:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET